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Research Firm Sees New Macs on the Horizon

Research firm Wedge Partners strongly believes Apple is working hard to deliver an updated line of Macs in the following weeks, Barron’s reports. In a note to clients issued on Tuesday, the firm asserts that the Cupertino, California-based company will release both new iMacs and new MacBooks “in the next ...

16 September 2009
02:45 GMT

iPhone Owners Spend an Average $80 on Apps

A survey commissioned by US firm AppsFire on 1,200 iPhone owners shows that the average user has downloaded 65 apps from the iTunes App Store, for a final bill of $80. Free apps have accounted for 65% on the 1,200 devices, while the average price for paid apps has been around $1.56. AppsFire claims that it based its ...

8 September 2009
10:32 GMT

Embryo Studies Reveal How Turtles Develop Shells

Turtles are very peculiar animals altogether, researchers have learned over the years. In addition to their queer and unique body structure, they are also very difficult to analyze in terms of origins, and scientists have debated which is the closest relative to the shelled creature for a long time. While some say th...

10 July 2009
03:39 GMT

App Store Holds Nearly 60,000 Apps, 13,000 Are Games [Updated]

It has been revealed that Apple’s App Store, now one year old, currently offers a whopping 13,000 immediately downloadable games, most of which are suitable for all iPhone and iPod touch models. Gameindustry.biz reports that the popular App Store now “features over 13,000 games for the iPhone, accounting...

7 July 2009
10:48 GMT

iPhone 3G S Beats Palm Pre in New Smartphone Ratings

Consumer Reports reveals that the new iPhone 3G S has topped its new smartphone ratings, citing strong performance in everything but voice quality. The device has also scored points for its superior display, top-notch multimedia, navigation, Web browsing, and battery life, the report says. “The iPhone 3G S top...

2 July 2009
08:49 GMT

iPhone Scores 65% HTML Usage in AdMob Report

Mobile ad service provider AdMob has released the mobile metrics and analysis for the month ending 30 April 2009. AdMob serves Graphical Banner and Text Link ads on mobile web pages for more than 6,000 publishers. “Today we released the April 2009 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report, our monthly look at the traffic fl...

28 May 2009
09:09 GMT

Apple Kills in Satisfaction Survey

Forrester, a well-known market research firm, released a report measuring customers' overall satisfaction with computer manufacturers last week. According to the analysis based on answers gathered from over 4,500 individuals, Apple leads the pack (by quite a margin) in consumer satisfaction. Forrester Research ...

22 April 2009
05:08 GMT

Changewave - MacBook Sales Continue to Grow

Changewave Research has some interesting charts for the tech-focused, revealing that Apple continues to have strong notebook sales (most likely thanks to the introduction of the unibody family), but not as strong desktop sales. However, while netbook sales continue to be on the rise for companies such as Acer, ASUS, ...

19 February 2009
02:51 GMT

iPhone Becomes More Appealing to Devs

Based on comScore figures and analyst reports, Mac.Blorge shows that the iPhone has become more appealing to handset developers. According to the report, those that have plans, or plan to develop enterprise apps for the iPhone nearly tripled. Over the last six months, their number grew from 8 percent to 20 percent.&l...

3 February 2009
07:09 GMT

Apple to Launch Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard when Windows 7 'Messes Up'

Mac-driven mouths are becoming vocal on the absence of Snow Leopard at Apple's last Macworld keynote address. While some believe Apple committed a huge mistake by not even hinting at a release date, others are pretty sure the Windows 7 release closing in could have only harmed Apple's new “cat” ...

8 January 2009
09:26 GMT

Weekend Reading: Analysis of Cheating - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Games tend to be some tough bunches of pixels that can drive you completely mad with their zany, difficult levels/monsters/whatever. Ostracism and torture in the medieval times were nothing but little angels compared to the hell of pressing, for the hundredth time, the "retry" button. What does the regular gamer do i...

18 April 2008
20:06 GMT

Take Two Formally Rejects Offer from Electronic Arts

After it urged shareholders not to give in to Electronic Arts' hostile bid Take Two's board has formally rejected the offer and stated that it will not enter any more negotiations until after the release of GTA IV in late April.Strauss Zelnick, who is board chairman, stated: "Take-Two's board of direct...

26 March 2008
21:06 GMT

9-Year-Old Genius Finds University Classes too Easy

At the age other children still struggle to learn how to read, write and count, a Chinese-Indonesian boy from Hong Kong finds university classes boring. His first lesson "was too easy. I learnt it two years ago," said March Tian Boedihardjo, 9-year-old, after attending the lecture on mathematical analysis at Hong Kon...

7 September 2007
08:50 GMT

iPhone Taken to Pieces. Analysis Results Are Here

The iPhone has been taken to pieces this weekend for a detailed analysis of its components. iSuppli managed to find the main companies which account for the iPhone's design and performances due to specific parts in the handset.The 8 GB version of Apple's phone has a total hardware BoM, which comes for the p...

3 July 2007
08:54 GMT

New FBI Analysis of Kennedy Bullet Points to a Second Shooter

It may be the dream come true for conspiracy theory adepts in the JFK assassination. Using 21st century science, the FBI has performed a new analysis of the remains of the bullet that was used by the US government to conclude that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy in 1963.A res...

18 May 2007
08:06 GMT


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